Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 675 - 631: Campaign Speech

With the commencement of the prime minister election campaigns, all the candidates have now taken the stage.

Since it's the first prime minister election, Perfikot deliberately didn't impose requirements such as having to form a political party to participate, and there are no restrictions on the candidates, resulting in a considerable number of participants.

Of course, most candidates know they won't be elected, and more participate in the election to accumulate political capital.

However, there are some who aren't clear-headed and truly believe they can become prime minister, which Perfikot doesn't mind; it's just entertainment.

After all, it's essential to let everyone witness the diversity of species, to prevent any abstract entities from ascending to power, which could be disastrous for the whole country.

In the original world, Perfikot has seen too many abstract things and hopes this world won't be filled with them.

To prevent abstract things from wreaking havoc, Perfikot plans to highlight in upcoming electoral regulations that any candidate must propose a complete governance plan before the election and deliver on their promises after taking office.

This process will be monitored by the National Assembly, and if the prime minister fails to deliver their promises during their tenure, the National Assembly has the right to impeach them.

Even though Perfikot can't ascertain how effective this policy will be, it can at least avoid candidates promising various content in a mad rush before the election and not delivering anything once they take office.

Though there are indeed those who dare fulfill all of their promises, at least it will save the country some trouble.

As for more future concerns? Perfikot doesn't have the leisure to worry about matters two hundred years ahead.

For now, she is sitting in the audience, listening to speeches from all sorts of candidates on stage, bored and yawning.

Today she has arranged for public speeches from various candidates.

For reasons of fairness, considering some candidates lack the ability to conduct campaign activities or are inexperienced in this area, and to provide a central stage for candidates to showcase themselves, Perfikot has arranged an opportunity for open speeches.

All candidates can take the stage to share their political insights, exhibit their political views and governance plans, and gain public support through this approach.

To broaden the impact of these public speeches, Perfikot has even organized to transmit the speakers' voices throughout the Northern Territory via radio.

As long as it's an official settlement or shelter in the Northern Territory, it is equipped with radio, although typically it only has the function of sending and receiving reports, primarily responsible for transmitting information back to its respective city and obtaining assistance and support in case of dangers or special situations.

But if Perfikot wishes, she can use special encoding techniques to convert real-time voice information into Morse code, which is then received by a puppet telegraph operator on the other end, reconverted into voice signals, and broadcast through the local broadcasting system.

To achieve this method, Perfikot even made a small upgrade to the telegraph system in the Northern Territory, ensuring all puppet telegraph operators have this function upgraded.

With this method, Perfikot can transmit information she wishes to spread throughout the Northern Territory in real time.

The New Continent has not yet undergone such upgrades; although the upgrade and transformation are not difficult, other regions besides the Northern Territory don't have such high telegraph penetration and don't use puppet telegraph operators, making it much less convenient.

Even though only the entire Northern Territory benefits, it is a rare opportunity for these candidates, as it would be almost impossible for them to spread their voices throughout the Northern Territory by themselves.

It's not about the cost of the campaign funds; these days, those running in elections generally aren't truly impoverished, and with support from their party forces, they mostly have no lack of money and mobility.

But firstly, such efforts are extremely costly, and secondly, there's no real need.

You have to know the Northern Territory is vast, and although there is a railway between Chernobyl and Beloburg, the two cities aren't that far apart, it still takes one or two days by train to reach the other.

Wanting to travel around the entire Northern Territory is a huge challenge for all candidates, not to mention returning to Chernobyl before the election to cast votes.

Contrary to many people's expectations, the prime minister election vote will be held in Chernobyl, not closer to the Imperial Center in Beloburg.

This was not proposed by Perfikot but was a suggestion made by others at the imperial meeting.

Although both cities are under the governance of the Northern Territory, now the Imperial Center is in Beloburg and, as a port city, its influence from the Imperial Center is relatively greater.

Whereas Chernobyl is practically Perfikot's lair, it can almost be said that what she says goes there.

Even if Perfikot declared the sun is square, the residents of Chernobyl would wake up tomorrow with a paper pasted on their windows, leaving a square gap, and convince themselves the sun is indeed square.

Though there are some exaggerated and humorous elements, it also indirectly illustrates Perfikot's influence and appeal in Chernobyl.

If the election vote for the prime minister takes place in Chernobyl, Perfikot can greatly interfere with the election results.

Conversely, if someone Perfikot doesn't support gets elected in Chernobyl, it implies their influence surpasses hers, even if only apparently.

After all, those participating in the prime minister election votes are not all citizens, but the members of the National Assembly.

While Perfikot wields considerable influence among the populace, influencing all the assembly members is challenging.

Now, the members of the National Assembly have been elected, forming the already operational National Assembly, and the prime minister election, under their operation, has been passed by dual approvals from the imperial meeting and National Assembly, ensuring it must be decided through an assembly vote, not a general citizen vote.

This was anticipated by Perfikot, as with the current collaborative method of the Northern Territory and dominion in the election, the national vote victory had already been secured in advance, so other factions must alter the voting method if they wish to win.

But these people seem to have overlooked another factor: all assembly members must have their own constituencies, and if they cannot represent the interests of their constituency, they will be impeached.